Dr. O'Connell's Publications

Book chapter Dr. O'Connell co-wrote in "Case Studies in Environmental Science"

Pattern Recognition, Nonparametric Regression
Nychka, D., Haaland, P., O'Connell, M., and Ellner, S. (1998). FUNFITS, Data Analysis and Statistical Tools for Estimating Functions. in Lecture Notes in Statistics 132, 159-179. Springer-Verlag, New York.
O'Connell, M. and Wolfinger, R. (1997) Spatial regression models, response surfaces and process optimization. J. Comp. and Graph. Stat. 6:2, 224-241
O'Connell, M. and Wolfinger, R. (1997) Flexible response surface methods via Spatial Regression and EBLUPS. in Lecture Notes in Statistics 122, 255-264. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Nychka, D. and O'Connell, M. (1996). Discussion to: Neural networks in applied statistics by H Stern. Technometrics 38, 218-220.
O'Connell, M., Haaland, P., Hardy, S. and Nychka, D. (1995). Nonparametric regression, kriging and process optimization. in Lecture Notes in Statistics 104, 207-214. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Nychka, D., Gray, G., Haaland, P., Martin, D. and O'Connell, M. (1995). A model for grading based on extracted features from a smoothing spline fit to high dimensional friction data. Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 1995.
O'Connell, M. and Nychka, D. (1995). A generalized linear classification model with a smooth link function and predictors obtained from quantile spline fits to high dimensional data. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, November, 1995.

Statistical Methods
Haaland, P. and O'Connell, M. (1994). Inference for effect saturated fractional factorial designs. Technometrics 37, 82-93.
Wolfinger, R. and O'Connell, M. (1993). Generalized linear mixed models: a pseudo-likelihood approach. J. Statist. Comput. Simul. 48, 233-243.
O'Connell, M., Belanger, B. and Haaland, P. (1993). Calibration and assay development using the four-parameter logistic model. Chem. and Intell Lab. Sys. 20, 97-114.
Haaland, P. and O'Connell, M. (1992). Comments on 'A systematic approach to planning for a designed industrial experiment', by Coleman and Montgomery. Technometrics 35, 17-21.
O'Connell, M. (1991). Contingency table models for estimation of the size of a partitioned population. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Statistics, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC.

Medical Informatics
O'Connell, M. and Cherry, J. (2000). The Health Hero Online Service; A new internet-based communications platform for disease management, case management and performance measurement. Disease Management and Health Outcomes 3, 149-161.

Microbiology and Genomics
Badak, Z., Kiska, D., O'Connell, M., Hartley, C., Setterquist, S., Nycz, C. and Hopfer, R. (1996). Confirmation of the prescence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other Mycobacterium in mycobacterial growth indicator tubes (MGIT) by multiples strand displacement amplification. J. Clin. Micro. 35, 1239-1243.
Kiska, D., Badak, Z., Setterquist, S., Hartley, C., O'Connell, M. and Hopfer, R. (1996) Comparison of mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) with BACTEC 460 (B460) for detection and recovery of Mycobacteria from clinical specimens. J. Clin. Micro. 34, 2236-2239.
Down, J., O'Connell, M., Dey, M., Walters, A., Howard, D., Little, M., Keating, W., Zwadyk, P., Haaland, P., McLaurin, D. and Cole, G. (1996) Detection of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in respiratory specimens by strand displacement amplification of DNA. J. Clin. Micro. 34, 860-865.

Drug Delivery
Camel, E., O'Connell, M., Gross, M., Sage, B., Maibach, H. (1996). The effect of saline iontophoresis on skin integrity in human volunteers I: Validation of methodology and reproducibility. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. 32, 168-178.

Manufacturing
Shepard, T., O'Connell, M., Powell, K. and Charwinsky, S. (1996). Minimizing coreshift in injection molded containers. Plastics Engineering LII, 27-29.

Ecology
O'Connell, M. and Pollock, K. (1992). Partitioned capture-recapture models for population estimation. in Wildlife 2001, pp 65-73.Elsevier, New York.
Lunney, D., Eby, P. and O'Connell, M. (1991). Effects of logging, fire and drought on three species of lizards in Mumbulla State Forest. Aust. J. Ecol. 16, 33-46.
Pollock, K. and O'Connell, M. (1989). Estimation of survival, exploitation and natural mortality rates for Pacific Halibut from multi-year tagging studies. Inst. of Statist. Technical Report Series. North Carolina State University.
Auld, T. and O'Connell, M. (1989). Changes in predispersal seed predation levels after fire for two Australian legumes: Acacia elongata Sieb. ex DC and Sphaerolobium vimineum Sm. Oikos 54, 55-59.
Bradstock, R. and O'Connell, M. (1989). Demography of woody plants in fire-prone vegetation in southeastern Australia. I. Banksia ericifolia L.F. and Petrophile pulchella (Schrad) RBr. Aust. J. Ecol. 13, 505-518.
Lunney, D, O'Connell, M., Sanders, J. and Forbes, S. (1989). Habitat of the white-footed dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. A ust. J. Ecol . 14, 335-344.
Lunney, D., Ashby, E., Grigg, J. and O'Connell, M. (1989). Diets of scincid lizards Lampropholis guichenoti (Dumeril & Bibron) and L. delicata (De Vis) in Mumbulla State Forest on the South Coast of New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res. 16, 307-312.
Lunney, D. and O'Connell, M. (1988). Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor , the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus , and the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus , in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. A ust. Wildl. Res . 15, 695-706.
Lunney, D., Barker, J., Priddel, D. and O'Connell, M. (1988). Roost selection by Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi Tomes (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in logged forest on the South Coast of New South Wales. Aust. Wildl. Res . 15, 375-384.
O'Connell, M. (1987). Sequential and fixed size sampling schemes for ecological problems. M. Stat. thesis, Univ. NSW Dept. Stat.
Lunney, D., Ashby, E., Grigg, J. and O'Connell, M. (1987). Food availability and habitat selection of Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in logged forest on the south coast of New South Wales. Aust. Mammal . 9, 105-110.

Agriculture
Worrall, R. J., Lamont, G. P., O'Connell, M. A. and Nicholls, P. J. (1987). The growth response of container grown woody ornamentals to controlled-release fertilizer. Scientia Horticulturae 32, 275-286.
Lamont, G. P. and O'Connell, M. A. (1986). The effects of temperature and time on the solubility of resin-coated controlled-release fertilizers under laboratory and field conditions. Scientia Horticulturae 32, 265-273.
Lamont, G. P. and O'Connell, M. A. (1986). Shelf-life of bedding plants as influenced by potting media and hydrogels. Scientia Horticulturae 31, 141-149.
Lamont, G. P. and O'Connell,. M. A. (1986). An evaluation of pre-emergent herbicides in field grown cut flowers. Plant Protection Quarterly 1, 95-100.
Lamont, G. P., O'Connell, M. A. and Nicholls, P. J. (1985). An evaluation of pre-emergent herbicides for container grown ornamental plants. Scientia Horticulturae 26, 241-251.